Lingaku汚れる【けがれる】
Frequency rank: 3,445. – 3,447.
- to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
This meaning implies a loss of purity or integrity, often used in contexts where something is morally or physically tainted.
Generated collocations (experimental)
よごれ汚れをとる取るto remove the stainよごれる汚れることbeing soiledよごれた汚れたて手dirty handsよごれた汚れたかんきょう環境polluted environmentこころ心がよごれる汚れるto become corrupt (of the heart/mind)よごれのない汚れのないspotlessこころ心がよごれない汚れないto keep one's heart pureああとアートがよごれる汚れるart getting taintedよごれる汚れるかくご覚悟prepared to be stainedもの物がよごれる汚れるthings getting dirty
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
52 results
"You'll get your clothes dirty." "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
The bigger a city grows, the dirtier the air and water become.
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
It is our national conviction that politics is a dirty and dishonest pursuit.
My hands are dirty. I have been repairing my bicycle.
We need not only adequate water but clean water.